T HE F EAST
OF
B LESSED J OHN H ENRY N EWMAN
I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in speech, not disputatious, but men who know
their religion, who enter into it, who know just where they stand, who know what
they hold and what they do not, who know their creed so well that they can give
an account of it, who know so much of history that they can defend it. I want
an intelligent, well-instructed laity – I wish [them] to enlarge [their]
knowledge, to cultivate [their] reason, to get an insight into the relation
of truth to truth, to learn to view things as they are, to understand how
faith and reason stand to each other, what are the bases
and principles of Catholicism.
Blessed John Henry Newman
Office of Evensong and Benediction
9 October 2011
Five O’clock P.M.
T HE C ATHEDRAL OF THE H OLY C ROSS
Boston, Ma.
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ORDER
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S E R V IC E
THE PSALMS APPOINTED
PRELUDE
P sa lm 1 1 1
OPENING SENTENCE OF SCRIPTURE
T H E P R E C E S A N D R E S P O N S E S (S U N G B Y T H E S C H O L A )
O God, make speed
Please Stand
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O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord’s Name be praised.
THE OFFICE HYMN
Firmly I believe and Truly
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Halton Holgate
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P sa lm 1 1 3
P s a lm 1 1 2
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FIRST LESSON
CANTICLE
M ica h 6 :1 -8
Magnificat
Luke 1:46–55
THE SUFFERAGES
Healey Willan
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath
regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall
call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name. And his
mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his
arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the
mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with
good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen
his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Endue thy ministers with righteousness;
And make thy chosen people joyful.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in thee can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under thy care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let thy way be known upon earth;
Thy saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
SECOND LESSON
CANTICLE
O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
And grant us thy salvation.
Nunc Dimittis Luke2: 29-32
Orlando Gibbons
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; For mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people, to be a light to
lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
T H E A P O S T L E S C R E E D (C h a n te d in m o n o to n e )
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us with thy Holy Spirit.
THE PRAYERS
C o llect o f th e D a y
O God, who bestowed on the Priest Blessed John Henry Newman the grace to follow thy
kindly light and find peace in thy Church; graciously grant that, through his intercession
and example, we may be led out of shadows and images into the fulness of thy truth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ
his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended
into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and
sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to
judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the
life everlasting. A-men.
Collect for Peace
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed:
Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be
set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the
fear of all enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of
Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
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Collect for Aid against Perils
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us
from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Savior Jesus
Christ. Amen.
Collect for Sundays
Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ triumphed over the powers of death and
prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that we, who have this day given
thanks for his resurrection, may praise thee in that City of which he is the light; and
where he liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen.
us; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life
everlasting. Amen.
SERMON
HYMN
Lead Kindly Light
Collect for the Presence of Christ
Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion
in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know thee as thou art
revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of thy love.
Amen.
T H E G E N E R A L T H A N K S G I V I N G (Immediately following the Prayers)
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most
humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men.
We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above
all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ,
for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due
sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show
forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy
service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory,
world without end. Amen.
Prayer of St. John Chrysostom
Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our
common supplication unto thee, and hast promised through thy well-beloved Son that
when two or three are gathered together in his Name thou wilt be in the midst of
them: Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be best for
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Sandon
ADORATION AND BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION OF THE
MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
A LL K NEEL
The monstrance is placed on the Altar. After the Blessed Sacrament is placed in the
Monstrance, “O Salutaris” is sung.
O saving Victim
During the second line of “Tantum Ergo , all should humbly bow.
T a n tu m E rg o
Grafton
Hereford
Thou gavest them bread from heaven.
Containing in itself all sweetness.
Words:
Music:
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225?-1274); tr. Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Hereford, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
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Let us pray.
O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy passion:
grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood,
that we may ever perceieve within ourselves the fruits of Thy redemption. Who livest
and reignest world without end. Amen.
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T HE B LESSING
Blessed, praised and adored be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament.
HYMN
W o rsh ip th e L o rd in th e B ea u ty o f H o lin ess
T H E D I V I N E P R A I S E S P lea se r es p o n d in b o ld a fter th e C eleb ra n t
Blessed be God.
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the paraclete.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.
W h en th e B lessed S a cra m en t is retu rn ed to th e ta b ern a cle th e fo llo w in g is su n g :
P s a lm 1 1 7 L a u d a te D o m in u m
Ant. Let us for ever adore: the most holy Sacrament
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: Praise Him, all ye peoples. For His merciful kindness is
ever more and more toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise the
Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Ant. Let us for ever adore: the most holy Sacrament
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P OSTLUDE
M INISTERS OF THE O FFICE
Ñ CONGREGATION OF SAINT ATHANASIUS Ñ
T HE R EVEREND R ICHARD S. B RADFORD – O FFICIANT
Chaplain- St. Athanasius Congregation- Anglican Use
Roman Catholic – Anglican Use
THE REVEREND PETER M. J. STRAVINSKAS
Preacher
The Reverend Richard Sterling Bradford
Chaplain
THE REVEREND MR . MICHAEL J. CONNOLLY
Deacon
M R . B RUCE R AND
Thurifer
Corey Bassett-Tirrell
Organist & Choirmaster
Members of the Schola
A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE VERY REVEREND KEVIN J. O’LEARY, V.F.
Rector, Cathedral of the Holy Cross
MR. LEO D. ABBOTT
Cathedral Organist & Director of Music
MR. STEPHEN CAVANAUGH
St. Athanasius Congregation
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S UNDAY M ASS A T 11:30 AM
Saint Lawrence Church
774 Boylston Street
Brookline, Ma. 02146
617-325-5232
The Symposium on Blessed John Henry Newman and Festal Evensong has been
sponsored jointly by the Congregation of Saint Athanasius-Roman Catholic-Anglican
Use and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
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